Billiard-chalk holder



(No Model.)

G. B. SIEVERLING.

' BILLIARD CHALK HOLDER.

No. 605,683. Patented June 14,1898.

UNITED STATES I PATENT FFICE.

BlLLlARD-CHALK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,683, dated June 14, 1898. Application filed October 15, 1896. Serial No. 608,926. (No model.)

: o the art to which it 'appertains to make and '4 use the same.

- My invention relates to chalk-holders; and the objects in View are to produce a simple and cheaply-constructed device for holding a plurality of blocks of chalk employed for chalking the tips of ones ordinarily employed nature, to so construct said device as to adapt it to be supported by screws or otherwise against a wall, post, or other fixed object, and to present and retain the blocks of chalk in such manner as to render them readily accessible to the cues of the players, and which, by reason of the fact that the blocks of chalk are contained therein, will prevent the same from falling to the floor and becoming crushed by the feet of the players or becoming other- EF'IWISG wasted, misplaced, or carried away. Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear in the following descrip tion, and the novel features thereof will be more particularly pointed out in the claim; Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a chalk-holder embodying 3 5 my invention, the same being in position for use. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof on r the line w a; of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of'reference indicate like parts in both figures of the drawings.

4a In practicing my invention I deem it prope to state that I prefer to construct the device,

hereinafter described in detail, of metal,

though, as will appear, the same may be constructed of wood or any other material suitable for the purpose.

I employ a series of four rectangular pockets 1, the same being of such shape and proportion in' cross-section as to adapt them each to receive a block of chalk 2. These in pool, billiard, and other games of a similar pockets are preferably formed on'a rectan- 5o gular base3 of greater area than the pockets,

which base is at proper intervals provided with screw or bolt holes 4. If formed of metal, the pockets and base may be conveniently integrally cast. The depth of the pockets eX- ceeds that of the blocks of chalk, and in each pocket, back of the block of chalk occupying the same,is a'rectangular loosely-fitting follower-plate 5, in rear of which is located a coiled spring 6. Hinged to one edge of the series of pockets, as at 7, is the retainingplate 8, the same being secured to the series of pockets at its opposite or free end by any suitable securing device-such, for instance, as a spring-catch 9. The plate 8 is provided opposite each pocket with a beveled opening 10, the openings being slightly smaller than the pockets with which they register, and therefore overlapping the blocks of chalk and serving to retain them in their respective 7o pockets.

To chalk ones one, it is simply necessary to introduce the tip through one of the openings 10 until the same is in contact with the block of chalk. Then by giving the cue a gentle rolling motion or rotation the chalk will impart a sufficient quantity of the same to the tip, as will beobvious. It will be observed that in this manner the. chalk can always be positively located, cannot fall upon the floor, and that a great saving is elfected. As the chalk wears away it is fed forward to the openings 10 by the coiled springs 6, which latter serve also as cushions and prevent the chalk from being crushed and broken by careless applications of the cues thereto, so that as a result the entire block of chalk may be used without any great amount of waste.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In a chalk-holder, the combination with the rectangular base 3 having screwreceiving holes by which it may be securedto a support, and provided with the series of four rectangularly-arranged chalk-receiving pockets 5 1 beyond which said base extends, of the follower-plates 5, and coil-springs 6, located in the pockets and adapted to support the chalk blocks 2, the retaining-plate S hinged at one In testimony whereof I affix my signature side of the pockets 2, and having flared or in presence of two witnesses.

bevel openin' s 1O coincident with and smaller v 1 T i than the saihe and adapted to overlap the GEORGE SILVERLIB 5v chalk blocks, and a fastening device for re- \Vitnesses:

taining' the free end of the plate Sin a closed D. F. KING,

position against the said springs. LESLIE TAYLOR. 

